"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..."
>The equal protection of the God-given, unalienable right to life as the raison d’etre of all human government is the cornerstone of this free republic, our Constitution, our laws, and our claim to liberty. Quit undermining it.
I am not undermining it... I am merely pointing out what has been said before as “you can lead a horse to water but can’t make him drink.”
I am also showing you that despite the intentions of whatever law you propose, it may be used in ways unforeseen... perhaps to disastrous results. (Consider the Commerce Clause, do you *REALLY* think that the founders meant for the regulation of EVERYTHING by the Federal government? Or was it to prevent things like, say, CA imposing a trade embargo against AZ for its immigration-stance?)
I very-much think that a Constitutional-level law [amendment] regarding suicide would be RAPIDLY turned to foul use. (You could argue that it would make conscription/volunteering in the military illegal if there was any reasonable expectation for [your] loss of life.)
>”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men...”
And, consider this argument then: you are placed into medical care against your will and you would certainly die w/o the medical devices keeping you alive. Now extend that, make it so that you (and everyone) are kept ‘alive’ to the point where there is nothing which can kill you. Then, do you think you would ‘say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’?
Or do you not realize that it was incredibly merciful for God to say: “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”
How terrible would it be to be stuck in sin forever, always ‘alive’ and always knowing that you had once been perfect?
You and I are on another state though, being born into imperfection and sin; so if you were there in the Garden of Eden and had a chance to eat of that Tree of Life in your current sinful state, would you?
I would that I would not. I should be utterly terrified of it, unless God were the one offering it to me after telling me that my sin is [utterly] no more.